Anybody have some insight on fever in toddlers (was 104.9 earlier today, now is 96.3)
We are planning on taking him to the dr. first thing in the morning, and monitoring him closely so if anything drastic happens we can take him right in to a quick care tonight.
His fever started yesterday, we didn't know why (he was sick last week). It came down & today he seemed ok, even ate lunch. THen after his nap it was 104.8! EEK!! We couldnt' get it below 102, I went out & got Motrin, he took that & had a long bath, then we put him to bed (didn't get his hair wet). We've been checking his tepm every 30-45 minutes, because it was still 102.5 when we put him to bed, but he had JUST taken the motrin. Its going down, down, down, but now its at 96.3. We put his fleece blankie back on him the last itme we checked him (he was at 97.3 then). SO, should I be worried?? We wrapped him up real nice in his blankie, but I don't know why its keeps going down, and I don't want it to go shooting up when the motrin wears off because he's wrapped up. I can't seem to find any info on line about temps. below normal, except about hypothermia (which say below 97 is bad, btw, which freaks me out!).
Why does it keep going down?? Did he have too much Motrin maybe, would that do it? WHen should I worry? WHat should I do??
I'm so worried! I'm probably being over-paranoid because my little brother (who is 6 months older than my son) just got out of the hospital for something that started out as just a cold, but I'm a worrier anyway, I can't help it.
Thanks for any thoughts or ideas!
oh, he's 3, btw, if that helps any!
OK, some more info: its down to 96, and he is WET with sweat! we just changed his clothes & sheets & blanket, because they were so wet, his hair is wet, he's just soaked with sweat, but his temp is 96. Its been 3.5 hours since he got the motrin, and since we are alternating tylenol & motrin every 3 hours, we gave him tylenol (the suppository, yay). I don't knwo what to think here.
Anyway, I've got to get some sleep, so send some ~~~get well vibes~~~ if you can spare them, and I'll let you know how the doctor's appointment goes tomorrow.
Thanks a ton!